Etymology

OMON

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Today it means: Special Purpose Mobile Unit, the riot police in Russia and Belarus. Full definition →

Russian ОМО́Н
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromОМО́Н
  2. English todayOMON

From Russian ОМО́Н (OMÓN), which is short for Отря́д Моби́льный Осо́бого Назначе́ния (Otrjád Mobílʹnyj Osóbovo Naznačénija, “mobile special-purpose detachment”) or Отря́д Ми́лиции Осо́бого Назначе́ния (Otrjád Mílicii Osóbovo Naznačénija, “detachment of special-purpose police”) when Russian police was called the militsia.

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